Volume 12, Tome I: Kierkegaard's Influence on Literature, Criticism and Art: The Germanophone World (Kierkegaard Research: Sources, Reception and Resources)

While Kierkegaard is primarily known as a philosopher or religious thinker, his writings have also been used extensively by literary writers, critics and artists worldwide who have been attracted to his creative mixing of genres, his complex use of pseudonyms, his rhetoric and literary style, and his rich images, parables, and allegories. The goal of the present volume is to document this influence in different language groups and traditions. Tome I explores Kierkegaard’s influence on literature and art in the Germanophone world. He was an important source of inspiration for German writers such as Theodor Fontane, Thomas Mann, Rainer Maria Rilke, Alfred Andersch, and Martin Walser. Kierkegaard’s influence was particularly strong in Austria during the generation of modernist authors such as Rudolf Kassner, Karl Kraus, Robert Musil, and Hermann Broch. Due presumably in part to the German translations of Kierkegaard in the Austrian cultural journal Der Brenner, Kierkegaard continued to be used by later figures such as the novelist and playwright, Thomas Bernhard. His thought was also appropriated in Switzerland through the works of Max Frisch and Friedrich DÃ1⁄4rrenmatt. The famous Czech author Franz Kafka identified personally with Kierkegaard’s love story with Regine Olsen and made use of his reflections on this and other topics. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents List of Contributors Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Alfred Andersch: Reading Søren Kierkegaard as Flight to Freedom Thomas Bernhard: A Grotesque Sickness unto Death Hermann Broch: “Nennen’s mir an Bessern” Friedrich Dürrenmatt: A Swiss Author Reading and Using Kierkegaard Theodor Fontane: A Probable Pioneer in German Kierkegaard Reception Max Frisch: Literary Transformations of Identity Theodor Haecker: The Mobilization of a Total Author Franz Kafka: Reading Kierkegaard Rudolf Kassner: A Physiognomical Appropriation Karl Kraus: “The Miracle of Unison”—Criticism of the Press and Experiences of Isolation Thomas Mann: Demons and Daemons Robert Musil: Kierkegaardian Themes in The Man Without Qualities Rainer Maria Rilke: Unsatisfied Love and the Poetry of Living Martin Walser: The (Un-)Certainty of Reading Index of Persons Index of Subjects Rudolf Kassner: A Physiognomical Appropriation -- Karl Kraus: The Miracle Of Unison--criticism Of The Press And Experiences Of Isolation -- Thomas Mann: Demons And Daemons -- Robert Musil: Kierkegaardian Themes In The Man Without Qualities -- Rainer Maria Rilke: Unsatisfied Love And The Poetry Of Living -- Martin Walser: The (un- )certainty Of Reading -- Index Of Persons -- Index Of Subjects While Kierkegaard is primarily known as a philosopher or religious thinker, his writings have also been used extensively by literary writers, critics and artists. This use can be traced in the work of major cultural figures not just in Denmark and Scandinavia but also in the wider world. They have been attracted to his creative mixing of genres.